noun

1. The act or process of augmenting.

2. A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.

3. A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.

4. The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.

5. A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.

6. An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.